Food Laws

(PFA, FPO, MMPO, Agmark, BIS & FSSAI)

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Food Laws
Food laws and Regulations
Objective
To meet a countrys sanitary and phytosanitary
requirements, food must comply with the local
laws and regulations to gain market access.
These laws ensure the safety and suitability of
food for consumers.
Factors on which it depends
In some countries food laws also govern
food quality and composition standards
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Food laws and Regulations
The requirement of food regulation may be based
on several factors such as
whether a country adopts international
norms developed by the Codex Alimentarius
Commission of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
and the World Health Organization or a
country may also has its own suite of
food regulations.
Each country regulates food differently and
has its own food regulatory framework.
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Food laws in our country
The Indian Parliament has recently passed the Food Safety and
Standards Act, 2006 that overrides all other food related laws.
Such as;
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
Fruit Products Order,1955
Meat Food Products Order ,1973;
Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947
Edible Oils Packaging (Regulation) Order 1988
Solvent Extracted Oil, De- Oiled Meal and Edible Flour
(Control) Order, 1967,
Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992 etc are
repealed after commencement of FSS Act, 2006.
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act,
2006
which consolidates various acts & orders that have
hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries
and Departments.

FSSAI has been created for laying down

science based standards for articles of food and
to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution,
sale and import to ensure availability of safe and
wholesome food for human consumption.

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Functions performed by FSSAI
Framing of Regulations to lay down the Standards and
guidelines in relation to articles of food and specifying
appropriate system of enforcing various standards.
Laying down mechanisms and guidelines for
accreditation of certification bodies engaged in
certification of food safety management
system for food businesses.
Laying down procedure and guidelines for
accreditation of laboratories and notification of the
accredited laboratories.
To provide scientific advice and technical support to
Central Government and State Governments in the matters
of framing the policy and rules in areas which have a direct
or indirect bearing of food safety and nutrition .
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Functions performed by FSSAI
Collect and collate data regarding food consumption,
incidence and prevalence of biological risk, contaminants
in food, residues of various, contaminants in foods
products, identification of emerging risks and introduction
of rapid alert system.
Creating an information network across the country
so that the public, consumers, Panchayats etc receive
rapid, reliable and objective information about food
safety and issues of concern.
Provide training programmes for persons who are involved
or intend to get involved in food businesses.
Contribute to the development of international technical
standards for food, sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards.
Promote general awareness about food
safety and food standards
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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards
Body of India, resolves to be the leader in all matters
concerning Standardization, Certification and Quality.
Main Activities
Harmonious development of standardization,
marking and quality certification
To provide new thrust to standardization and quality control.
To evolve a national strategy for according recognition to
standards and integrating them with growth and development
of production and exports.

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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Main Activities
Certification
To Product
Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery.
Quality Management System
Environmental Management Systems
Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Food Safety Management System
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
Imported Products
Laboratory Management
International Activities
Training Services

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AGMARK
The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection enforces the
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marketing) Act, 1937. Under
this Act Grade standards are prescribed for agricultural and allied.
AGMARK is a
Quality Certification Mark .
It ensures quality and purity of a product.
It acts as a Third Party Guarantee to Quality Certified.
Quality standards for agricultural commodities
are framed based on their intrinsic quality.
Food safety factors are being incorporated in the standards
to complete in World Trade.
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AGMARK
Standards are being harmonized with international standards
keeping in view the WTO requirements. Certification of
agricultural commodities is carried out for the benefit of
producer/manufacturer and consumer.
Products available under AGMARK are as follows:Pulses
Whole spices & ground spices
Vegetable oils
Wheat Products
Milk products.
Other products such as Honey, Compounded asafetida,
Rice, Tapioca Sago, Seedless tamarind, Besan (Gram flour)
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Fruit Product Order (FPO), 1955
Objective
The main objective is lay down quality standards to
manufacture fruit & vegetable products maintaining
sanitary and hygienic conditions in the premises.
It is mandatory for all manufacturers of fruit and vegetable
products including some non fruit products like non fruit
vinegar, syrup and sweetened aerated water to obtain a
license under this Order.

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Fruit Product Order (FPO), 1955
Following minimum requirements are laid down in the
Fruit Product Order for hygienic production and quality
standards:

Location and surroundings of the factory

Sanitary and hygienic conditions of premises
Personnel hygiene
Portability of water
Machinery & Equipment with installed capacity
Quality control facility & Technical staff
Product Standards
Limits for preservatives & other additives

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Fruit Product Order (FPO), 1955
Fruit

product means any of the following articles, namely

Non fruit beverages, syrups and sherbets

Vinegar, whether brewed or non-fruit
Pickles
Dehydrated fruits and vegetables
Squashes, crushes cordials, barley water, barreled juice, and ready
to serve beverages, fruit nectars or any other beverages containing
fruit juices or fruit pulp
Jams, jellies and marmalades
Tomato products, ketchup and sauces
Preserves, candied and crystallized fruit and peel
Chutneys
Canned and bottled fruits, juices and pulps
Canned and bottled vegetables
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Sweetened aerated water and without fruit juice pr fruit pulp
Fruit cereal flakes
All unspecified fruit and vegetable products which are considered
microbiologically safe and contains only permitted additives within
permissible limits.
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Fruit Product Order (FPO), 1955
Each container in which any fruit product is packed
shall specify a code number indicating the lot or the
date of manufacture of such fruit product.
No person can carry on the business of a manufacturer
except under and in accordance with the terms of an
effective license granted to him under this Order in Form
B and shall not use the License number on labels of nonfruit products.FPO mark should be printed on the label
with license number.
The labels shall not contain any statement, claim, design or
device which is false or misleading in any particular concerning
the fruit products contained n the package or concerning the
quantity or the nutritive value or in relation to the place of origin
of the said fruit products.
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Meat Food Products Order (MFPO)
Objectives :
The main objective is to regulate production and sale of
meat food products through licensing of manufacturers,
enforce sanitary and hygienic conditions prescribed for
production of wholesome meat food products, exercise strict
quality control at all stages of production of meat food
products, fish products including chilled poultry etc.
Meat & Meat Products are highly perishable
in nature and can transmit diseases from
animals to human-beings.
Processing of meat products is licensed
under Meat Food Products Order,(MFPO)
1973 which was hitherto being implemented
by Ministry of food Processing industries
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Meat Food Products Order (MFPO)
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Under the provision of MFPO all manufacturers of meat food

products engaged in the business of manufacturing,
packing, repacking, relabeling meat food products meant for
sale are licensed but excluding those manufacturers who
manufactures such products for consumption on the spot
like a restaurant, hotel, boarding house, snack bar, eating
house or any other similar establishment.

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Milk and Milk Product order (MMPO)
The objective of the order is to maintain and increase the
supply of liquid milk of desired quality in the interest of the
general public and also for regulating the production,
processing and distribution of milk and milk products.
As per the provisions of this order, any person/dairy
plant handling more than 10,000 liters per day of
milk or 500 MT of milk solids per annum needs to
be registered with the Registering Authority
appointed by the Central Government.
In every case where the milk or milk product is packed
by the holder of a registration certificate in a tin, barrel,
carton or any other container, the registration number
shall either be exhibited prominently on the side label of
such container or be embossed, punched or printed
prominently thereon.
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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
The Act was promulgated by Parliament in 1954 to make
provision for the prevention of adulteration of food. Broadly,
the PFA Act covers food standards, general procedures for
sampling, analysis of food, powers of authorized officers,
nature of penalties and other parameters related to food.
It deals with parameters relating to food additives,
preservative, colouring matters, packing & labelling of
foods, prohibition & regulations of sales etc. The
provisions of PFA Act and Rules are implemented by State
Government and local bodies as provided in the rules.
In every case where the milk or milk product is packed
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 is
repealed from 05.08.2011by the Central Government
as per the Food Safety and Standards Act,2006.

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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
The act clearly defines What is meant by Food Adulteration
and what is the punishment given to person/manufacturer
involved in the crime?
The food is considered adulterated if it fulfills any of the below If food is sub-standard rotten, decomposed or obtained
from diseased animal or is insect- infested or is otherwise
unfit for human consumption.
If food contains any other substance which affects, or if
the article is so processed as to affect, injuriously the
nature, substance or quality thereof
if the article has been prepared, packed or kept under
insanitary conditions whereby it has become
contaminated or injurious to health;
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Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
if any constituent of the article has been wholly or in part
abstracted so as to affect injuriously the nature, substance or
quality thereof.
if the article contains any poisonous or other ingredient
which renders it injurious to health
if any colouring matter other than that prescribed in
respect thereof is present in the article, or if the amounts
of the prescribed colouring matter which is present in
the article are not within the prescribed limits of
variability
if the article contains any prohibited preservative or
permitted preservative in excess of the prescribed limits;
if the quality or purity of the article fall. below the
prescribed standard or its constituents are present in.
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